storefront

English

Etymology

From store +‎ front.

Noun

storefront (plural storefronts)

1. The side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street and usually contains display windows.

   Synonym: shopfront

2. (by extension) An e-commerce website offering goods or services to the public.
   • 2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Brands are now able to set up storefronts to sell within Facebook and Instagram, where they were previously relegated to advertising for outside sales channels.

Usage notes

• Storefront is more common in the US, shopfront in the UK.

Derived terms

• storefront church

Translations

The side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street.

• Spanish: tenchada f, fachada (es) f, fachada de tienda f

An e-commerce website offering goods or services to the public.

• Spanish: tendachada f, fachada (es) f